Unedited field sobriety test of state Rep. Bob GenetskiMichigan State University has released to MLive Media Group police video showing a field sobriety test of state Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, during his Jan. 19 drunken driving arrest.
The video shows Genetski being pulled over around 1:30 a.m. along Michigan Avenue in East Lansing. The field sobriety test begins at around the 5:45 mark.

LANSING -- Unedited police video of state Rep. Bob Genetski's Jan. 19 arrest shows the second-term lawmaker struggling to keep his balance as he performs a heel-to-toe walk during a field sobriety test.

Michigan State University on Wednesday released to MLive Media Group a new version of the police video, after deleting Genetski's performance from a copy released a week earlier.

Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the university said it removed about 6 minutes from the video because they constituted an "unwarranted invasion of privacy." MSU reconsidered after heavy criticism and a privacy waiver by Genetski.

In the new video, the Saugatuck Republican is seen reciting the alphabet with ease. But when MSU police officer Casey Christman asks Genetski to count backward from 73 to 52, the legislator makes it to 58 before asking for a reminder as to how far backward to count.

Christman reminds Genetski the destination is 52, then Genetski completes the task.

Next, Christman has Genetski perform a one-leg stand, which requires motorists to lift one leg six to eight inches above the ground, hands to their sides, and count to 20.

At an administrative court hearing last month, Christman testified Genetski held his hands behind his back as he performed the one-leg stand, ostensibly to gain better balance. Mike Nichols, Genetski's attorney, suggested Genetski's hands were in his coat pockets due to the frigid January temperature that morning.

The video does not clearly indicate which was the case.

Christman next instructs Genetski to perform a heel-to-toe walk, requiring him to take nine steps heel-to-toe, turn 180 degrees to the left, followed by another nine heel-to-toe steps.